Driver · France · born
Didier Pironi
Leading the 1982 championship when leg injuries at Hockenheim ended his career; killed powerboat racing five years later.
- Seasons
- 1978–19825 with an entry
- Entries
- 72
- Starts
- 702 did not start
- Wins
- 3
- Podiums
- 13
- Poles
- 4
- Fastest laps
- 5
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
Season by season
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FL | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ferrari | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | P1 | 2 | 39 |
| 1981 | Ferrari | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P4 | 13 | 9 |
| 1980 | Ligier | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | P1 | 5 | 32 |
| 1979 | Tyrrell | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 10 | 14 |
| 1978 | Tyrrell | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 15 | 7 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 10–6 |
| 1982 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 19–16 |
| 1981 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 15 | 5–10 | 1–3 | 9–25 |
| 1980 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | 8–6 | 5–1 | 32–34 |
| 1979 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 13 | 8–5 | 1–3 | 14–14 |
| 1979 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 1979 | Geoff Lees | Tyrrell | 1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| 1978 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 16 | 2–14 | 0–4 | 7–34 |
Every entry 72 entries
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Where this comes from
- Born
- Died
- Nationality
- France
- Status
- deceased
- Wins
- 3 derived · 3 published
- Poles
- 4 derived · 4 published
- Fastest laps
- 5 derived
- External source
- F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
- Confidence
- high
- Source
- https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.